Field Notes
Yunnan
Journey to Kunming: Migrant Women and AIDS
by Elsa Fan
Elsa Fan, ARFC's Grant Coordinator, visited a grantee in an urban ghetto of Kunming, Yunnan where she learned about the lives of migrant workers and sex workers. Read her trip report.
Henan
The Trouble with Rabbits
by Humphrey Wou
As part of a visit to the Five Household Project, which provides income generation opportunities to HIV infected households, Humphrey gives us an update on the recent progress in Henan with the program.
Winter in China 1
by Humphrey Wou
China now has free ARV medicines for people with AIDS. But the AIDS crisis persists. This is a rare look at the only barefoot AIDS doctor working rural China.
Winter in China 2
by Humphrey Wou
It is Christmas. A group of orphan children who had never known much about its meaning showed us the true joy of the season.
She Smiled
by Humphrey Wou
Chunli, second of five sisters, got accepted to Runan
Teaching College in Henan, but couldn't afford to go.
We had 48 hours to change that...
Knowing Nothing
by Humphrey Wou
This is a reflection on a one-afternoon journey to an AIDS village, Wenluo, Henan. A stubborn teenager opens our eyes to new possibilities for helping families living with AIDS.
Henan Report
by ARFC advisor Wu Fengshi
The writer's keen observations provide another perspective on the same field visit described above.
Sichuan
Story of Liangshan
by Humphrey Wou
This is a story of a drug user and a commercial sex worker in Xichang Sichuan. Under the tutelage of compassionate doctors, they have become peer educators working in HIV/AIDS intervention. The Chinese version of this story has been published in Shanghai's Xinmin Weekly, the Washington China Post, and the Asian Gazette.
Epilog (Story of Liangshan)
Humphrey Wou went back to Xichang nine months later...
MSM Initiatives
Talk about Being Gay
by Humphrey Wou
ARFC has partnered with AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) to implement Heart Talk, a program that creates small rap style support groups in second-tier cities in China to help gay communities build self confidence and social safety networks.